Yeah, while Mel was woken by This. First there was the beat, then there came the lyrics....
Those just aren't powerful enough to go straight up from the ground. Even the Mel's own engines aren't powerful enough for a vertically launching just herself. You need brute force just to get the thing moving... and that means a lot of remass travelling at a lot of speed.
No substitute for mass to shoot. So we've got big ultralow-remass engines which are about as 'efficient' as the big cathedral diesels fitted to ships when compared with the diesel engine fitted to a family minivan strapped to the back.
________________________________
--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Quote:You could always ask the ESA if they licence the finished design back to the Fen for some compensation. *G*
Those just aren't powerful enough to go straight up from the ground. Even the Mel's own engines aren't powerful enough for a vertically launching just herself. You need brute force just to get the thing moving... and that means a lot of remass travelling at a lot of speed.
Quote:There are blueprints for ultra-low reaction mass thrusters (comparable in efficiency to the 'waved drives on the Epsilon Blade) in the WFC - all we need to do is choose a really big design.
No substitute for mass to shoot. So we've got big ultralow-remass engines which are about as 'efficient' as the big cathedral diesels fitted to ships when compared with the diesel engine fitted to a family minivan strapped to the back.
________________________________
--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?